Annual Awards
The School Nurse Organization of Washington (SNOW) grants the following awards on an annual basis. Click the award below to submit a nonimation.
New School Nurse of the Year Award
School Nurse of the Year Award
School Nurse Administrator of the Year
Non-Nurse School Nurse Administrator of the Year
School Nursing Advocate of the Year
Saved a Life Award (recognized twice per year)
School Nurse Advocate of the Year
2025-26 Misty Clements
2024-25 Katheryn Hudon, DO & Mayumi Willgerodt, PhD
2023-24 Becky Doe & Nancy Bernard
2022-23 Dr. Allison Pollock
2021-22 Les Stahlnecker
New School Nurse of the Year Award
Past Award Winners
School Nurse of the Year
2025-26 Melissa Abel
2024-25 Hannah Zuetenhorst
2023-24 Lynne Kelly
2022-23 Liz Pray
2021-22 Lizbeth Kaplan
2020-21 Tessa McIlraith
2019-20 None
2018-19 Sonja Reid
School Nurse Administrator of the Year
2025-26 Cathy Meuret
2024-25 Mara Marano-Bianco
2023-24 Amy Norton
2020-21 Julie Schultz
2019-20 Laura Widdice
Non-Nurse Administrator of the Year
2025-26 Omar Santoy
2021-22 Mick Miller and Stacy Locke
2020-21 Joshua Meek
2018-19 Gary Wargo
Saved a Life Award
SNOW grants an award to school nurses who have saved a life. Nominations for this award can be made at any time. Award winners are recognized at the Fall and Spring Conferences each year.
2022-23 Lissa Strecker (Enumclaw), Amanda Lundberg (Moses Lake), Shannon Morris (Yakima), and Penny Mayo (Moses Lake)
2016-17 Jacquelyn Bowen, Seattle School District
Joan Lankford, North Thurston School District
Nominate a Nurse
The deadline for submitting nominations is April 1st. (Nominations for Saved A Life Award can be submitted at anytime.)
To submit nominations for any of these awards, click on the corresponding link above.
Questions? Email: Jackie Follansbee
awards@snownurses.org
